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Show Gov. erxsroxe's SPEECH; GOV- erxsroxr's Sr ercn. that he was fully equal to blonficur d'Eilaing, and I reckon $3 the following manner z-Hls fleet was the belt manned that c- YCI‘ went to fen, comnmnded by brave, jUdlClOUS officers; the French were ill manned and‘fickly, and dainaged upon entering and returning through the fire of the batteries on Rhode Ifland. I {hall read the lift of the two iquadrons, and the mannerI Lon! Home at Saudi-Hunt 072 t]: . ., , _, 119 . [J r [7; #75 o (.2 f V. . l ,e [8H,], J" 11.72/74;an 1.1} (I! am lithHo when I i]. P], - "I f‘" "g"! '14)", "AI/3571' [‘8 tall/Edy.":‘1-7157/1 (ulteriorwe trifle; 5, "WU!" "hull/U "5W" "3/ S‘zwtly-Hml'. Lon] [for t-c ‘lL‘rl/‘v'yc'li fi'iI/Iv‘me 8 "‘0‘, the 17"] [0 the 24" . ) Qf, 14'8"]! hf"? 1"" fol/owed t/Jo.'w/j be: fa J U"WIN" ..(im #1611 cozgfifld/y/aflz‘perwr a firm. ' am: lay dnxmih-d ‘5 cl.1fs them : Wltllln :wenty szr. Powders. 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If ‘ ~ beginning, until they are broken and featured, which mull always happen: as I {hid before, in h:il" ztn hour in every fen. en- gagement. fhe generulity of irnnikin d are confounded in their opinions .by the weight of metal, and the number of guns fluted, Vi gum, but Fantafque 2er 236 mm, qt'Ivn jézz'led wit/2 tbeflt'et, 51¢! Irv/51d) Lord :HO'TUL' .. , dvantage of any number of larger {hip s ,- for {uppohng his frigates had all been ii'r‘tv gun ibips, fiiil no rtreater nurnber than the lhips oppofed to the cnem y'd line can aéitiiat the hout knowing the real circuml‘tances atte ndinv thofe apparent dilbroportions. I reckon an Englilh 64 guizolhip ZlEnglifh 64 :mutch for any 74 gun {hip out of Fran between the actual force of two fuch {hip ce. The difl'erencequalto Fr-74s is not lb much as people imagine. They generally count the difference of ten that 1/19/77; r; as [/1131 are m‘razgrd, can 56 deemed z'nferzor m an] V V . fivzt [vii/m lifefl-[m/irt. If too (weal; twin: leave the Lemar/Jan beer/257? [Why {ZN/m} [/16 JVafioé am! Suppl} .9 WWI aflyfl'fli/Zfiflflly ~ 1 ld be im- pollibie for Lord Howe, or any other ()fl'lCC‘T, to have :iVHllcCl hiinlclfot thea -‘ joy/2t, tam: into in"; 1114/4179"; ftrqu'cz', and mounting 36 gum (at/J, "Cak- of him. ttI) :Stniint thiudiljprontibn in whi ch I have pla, t ‘uthe fame tun-e I contend, Ortb . ~ rmgmgfi‘ithat Lord Howe had a comple te line of heavy lhins Cdl)°tl)lfi ‘im‘-S 151° 3 EF‘ of lying along-lide the French lhips, and in halfian libku‘"'sh‘" l"may" action, every one knows the line of battle mull: be broken when All the frigates could have com e to have acted to tht': utmoft of thei _ r force. If this is not whi ""hei‘te ne.' it wou 1 Note. Lnrde'c Z‘aa', bq/z‘dm {175%, the JVazzz‘i/m floolb If 18 gram, Carat/3 and T/nmricr 6077x115, Siroméolo, Sulp/mr, and V01mm) firq/ljt'pt, fimr rmrgalfirn am! two lenders, [21155195. 1/» Levmtlulm, Proof» Lord 171.5‘7Pfl/116 0f mozmn'r/g 70 gram, andafluall} carrying 44 gum, {ft did not tliliikafS(IIIr(ii-PI001'; muff/.71? Nana]; (17211 S?¢ng, two old Eafl-[izdm himfeif tuo lugez. But it may be {aid although Lor by the addition of his heavy frigatesd Howe had :1 fuperiority , yet it was impollible they 22513:?an oulgklxii: I I o 151° 0‘ :3Q g"""fift‘7lil)01€l/) f 64 gmzt, another of Byron's Sguadzon, .6411 121:1: J in fact the difference upon the real eilic ient batteries 15 only two guns, the reft arifes from the guns on the quarterdeck and forecaitle, which are light and are not 0" fuch confequence, and are often in the way of working the lhip. Refpcthng the weight ofmetal, I think the Engl ifli 6.; has a great advantage over the French 74.. Experience has conv that the French 36 pounder (equal to our 42 poun inced me, der) is a gun French guns that cannot be managed fufiiciently quick. \thi teve‘ gun is unweimfi a (we the fize of being loaded by one man to n (mange, 11nd bree ched about by one man to :1 hundfpike, I eftce in too large foraction. I believe the IS and 2+ pounders , which all our ~1- gun {hips carried, to be the litteft guns for ufe in :1 clofe engagement,- the quicknefs of their fire, and the certainty of poxn ting them well and eafily, does more than compenihtc for the dlflicrcnw of damage when they hit. I do not fay this will e the cafe in an engagement like hiir. chpel's, on contrary thCks , where the {hips czune up fcattered, and the ene my have time to load again before they meet. Here the heavy grape 0t does great milbhief to the fails and rigging. 1 {pea k 0f 3 Slofe engagement on the {MEG tuck, in the ui‘ual manner. I think |